High End Chain Fig & Olive Busted for Serving Pre-Made Dishes

It's no secret that big restaurant chains around the country—TGI Fridays, Applebee's, and Olive Garden to name a few—sell pre-cooked dishes. The catch with those places, however, is that they often offer insane promotions to compensate the lack of freshness. Sure, you're not eating something plated by a Michelin starred chef, but that hardly matters when there are bottomless breadsticks involved.

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But when patrons are paying $25 for a plate of truffle risotto, they often expect a bit more. Unfortunately it would seem that's not always what they're getting: High-end chain Fig & Olive was busted earlier this week for using pre-cooked frozen ingredients in pricey dishes like the aforementioned risotto. Let the rage ensue.

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According to a report from City Paper, the restaurant—which services eight locations in New York, California, and D.C.—receives nearly 200 ready-made dish components from a commissary in Long Island. Items include everything from soups, sauces, and purees to crab cakes, chicken tagine, and paella. Mind you, this is all coming from a restaurant that promotes itself as locally sourced and seasonal. Oh hell no.

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Fig & Olive representatives have yet to comment, but have a lot of explaining to do. Because I'm wondering if I can get a refund on my recent purchase of a $30 soup? If I'm gonna eat frozen food, I'll stick with Trader Joe's.